As muitas histórias da MPB: as idéias de José Ramos Tinhorão

Abstract

The dissertation presents the ideas of the critic musical José Ramos Tinhorão from the analysis of his articles in two moments of his career in Jornal do Brasil: the weekly column Primeiras lições de samba (1961-1962) and Música Popular (1974-1982). The journalist was known for his radical vision of Brazilian popular music, presenting it, in his writings, with a marxist and nationalistic approach. Although the decade of 1960 has been marked for a strong nationalistic speech among the lefts, Tinhorão seems to have gone beyond. Many successful MPB artists had been criticized by him. Thus, determined sectors of the Brazilian culture didn t see his productions very well. However, the journalist contributed enormously with his innumerable researches on Brazilian popular music. The present study wants, through the examination of his ideas about Brazilian music, to understand the nationalism that guided his thoughts and analyze the ambiguity of feelings awoke by Tinhorão in the Brazilian cultural scene.